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Historical Event on 5/17/1916

Gurusiddappa Sivappa, great industrialist, was born at Bangalore.

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/5/1918Ratanji Jamshetji Tata, famous Indian industrialist and social reformer, died.
9/6/1947Indian government creates a new ministry of relief and rehabilitation of refugees.
1/28/1951Kashmir issue taken up in UN security council.
1/9/1904Pratab Singh Chaudhari, social worker, was born at Multan, Punjab .
6/23/1953Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, great social reformer, politician, national leader and founder of JanSangh Party, died at Srinagar while in detention.
6/1/1959N.G. Ranga resigned from the Indian National Congress and took up the leadership of the newly formed Swatantra Party.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
6/9/1991A question paper was leaked due to which the Civil Services preliminary examination was cancelled.
1/21/1993Biren Roy, follower of Netaji Subhashchandra Bose, passed away.
1/9/1972In 1971, 433 feature films produced in the world with a record and a top position in film production.